Quartzite

Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
1044	(none)	(none)	B15271	Button seal. White quartzite, oval top. Roughly engraved with date. [drawing]
1051	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. White quartzite. Chipped. Figures.
13042	(none)	1929,1017.324	(none)	Necklace. Carnelian, quartzite and steatite double conoid beads.
14429A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian ring beads. Red jasper double conoids. Quartzite cylindrical. Steatite? Discoid, flat one side, convex on the other . Agate lentoid and pendant shapes thus. [drawing]
14440B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian, red jasper, copper, agate, quartzite double conoids.
16025	31-43-27	(none)	(none)	Quartzite Cylinder seal. HC../30 UET 8/2 (hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
16138	(none)	1931,1010.218	(none)	Beads: agate double conoids; carnelian double conoids; quartzite double concoids; carnelian ring beads.
16698	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads: Carnelian bugles and flattened double conoids; steatite bugle; glass paste fluted bead; green quartzite(?) bead. [drawing]
17371	(none)	1931,1010.244	(none)	Beads. Glass paste lentoids. Glass paste ring beads, small green.; Carnelian oval flat bead engraved thus: [reference to drawing]; Lapis lazuli ball bead. 1 jasper?; Double conoid. Dark green. 1 greenish quartzite double conoid. [drawing]
17412	(none)	(none)	(none)	Flat seal. Quartzite? Reddish brown. [drawing]
17842D	(none)	1932,1008.122	(none)	Beads. A mixed lot. 192 carnelian bugles. 56 carnelian double conoids, lentoids and barrels. 11 large carnelian double conoids and facetted lentoids. 421 carnelian rings. 81 larger carnelian rings. 41 glazed frit balls. 43 lapis lazuli, rings, bugles, ovoids, small mixed beads, apatite (?) quartzite, shell, agate and crystal.
17842K	32-40-242	(none)	(none)	Beads. A mixed lot. 192 carnelian bugles. 56 carnelian double conoids, lentoids and barrels. 11 large carnelian double conoids and facetted lentoids. 421 carnelian rings. 81 larger carnelian rings. 41 glazed frit balls. 43 lapis lazuli, rings, bugles, ovoids, small mixed beads, apatite (?) quartzite, shell, agate and crystal.
17943N	(none)	1932,1008.67	(none)	[One stone not listed as having material, possibly jasper or steatite] [Unclear which flints correspond with which museum numbers] Polished flints. [A-D] Diorite [E-G] Jasper [H-L] Basalt [M] Steatite [N] Quartzite [O] [Unspecified] [P-T] [Additional museum numbers: unspecified]
18699C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weights. (A) Stela-shaped. Limestone. Type XXI. [drawing] (B) Duck weight, pinkish pebble. Type VI. (C) Duck weight, quartzite. On the side, inscription. [drawing] (D) Duck weight, quartzite (?). (E) Duck weight, grey pebble. Inscription (D) [reference to drawing labeled D on catalog card] on the back. (F) Lentoid, fine grained limestone with inscription F [reference to drawing labeled F on catalog card] Type II. (G) Lentoid, black diorite. (H) Lentoid, grey pebble. Type II [unclear what object this type refers to].
18699D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Weights. (A) Stela-shaped. Limestone. Type XXI. [drawing] (B) Duck weight, pinkish pebble. Type VI. (C) Duck weight, quartzite. On the side, inscription. [drawing] (D) Duck weight, quartzite (?). (E) Duck weight, grey pebble. Inscription (D) [reference to drawing labeled D on catalog card] on the back. (F) Lentoid, fine grained limestone with inscription F [reference to drawing labeled F on catalog card] Type II. (G) Lentoid, black diorite. (H) Lentoid, grey pebble. Type II [unclear what object this type refers to].
18915	(none)	1935,0112.53	(none)	Cylinder seal. Quartzite. Criss-cross marking.
18929A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(A) Beads: carnelian date-shaped and cylindrical, one of the latter with bleached spiral line and rings: lapis double conoids and paste ditto steatite tubular, chisel pendant, frog amulet, and quartzite flat truncated date-shaped. (B) Two hair-rings of thin gold wire, five spiral coils. Also [C] a copper pin, type 2a. [C] a copper pin, type 2a.
19250	35-1-91	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis barrels, carnelian rings, lapis cylinder, long paste date-shaped, quartzite flattened hexagonal.
19251	35-1-94	(none)	(none)	Beads. Carnelian cylinders, quartzite cylinders, lapis cylinders, balls and ovals.
7709	(none)	(none)	(none)	Mace head. Fragment. Chalcedony? Quartzite? HC.11.
8085	(none)	1928,1009.18	(none)	Cylinder seal of yellowish white quartzite. Two registers: Above, a door(?), then a seated deity & a worshipper, then a worshipper pouring a libation into a tall vase with fronds rising from it, set in front of a seated deity. Below, 2 rams, one on each side of a tree, then a worshipper before a seated deity, then a man catching a rampant antelope. Very archaic style.